Improvement in oil-cans



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. ,PER-KINS AND MARK -W. HOUSE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN VOIL-CANS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,585, dated July 4, 1865.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, J oIIN M. PERKINS and MARK NV. HOUSE, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Gansthat ei'ectually prevent flanie'communicating with the contents of the can, and the accidents dependent upon such communications 5 and we do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description ofthe saine, to wit:

In the drawings the same letters refer to the same parts in all the igures.

The nature of our invention consists in placing within or covering the opening of the can with a corrugated metal plate, the corrngations to be placed longitudinally with the current of the liquid when poured from the can e.

Figures II and III show the corrugated plate.

The Width of the corrugated plate or plates is dependent upon the coarseness or ineness of the corrugations. This plate, when fitted to the can, forms a series of passages that the ud has to traverse that are so small thatV ing the regularity ot' the openings or passages,

We place a strip of plain metal, f, beside the corrugated plate e, and coil the two strips, corrn gated and plain, either concentnioally or ecy centrically around until the required size is obtained to ll or cover the opening of the can. `VIIe make the corrugated plate c threeeighths to one-half inch wide, and from six to ten cor. rugations to the inch. The plate that is corrugated to form the passages can be wider than one-half inch, and the corrugations coarser than six to the inch, and be safe. They can also be narrower than three-eighths ofaninch,provided they are made line in proportion. When thus constructed these ne passages made by corrugated metal have the same effect in resisting' the dame as wire-gauze, and have this advantage over it, that the openings can be made lmuch larger and be equally safe; consequentlyv they are not liable to be closed up by gumm oils or foreign substances.

In the drawings, A, Fig. I, is the body of the can; B,the top, to which the base d of the screwconnection c is firmly attached. The corrugated-metal plate e, Figs. II and III, and plain metal strip f, are coiled up and inserted in the ferrule-like base of the spout C, forming a series of minute passages that admit the ready flow of liquids, and yet so tine and long that flame cannot go through them.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

Forming passages with corrugated metal plate or plates, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JNO. M. PERKINS.

MARK W. HOUSE.

,Witnesses:

A. J. MARVIN, J. H. HARDY.- 

